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Patrick is more of a sperg in the book than he is the movie but overall it's a generally interesting character study that occasionally gets bogged down in the banality of the world and people it's trying to portray. I had to admire Ellis' commitment to da bit while writing it. Each and every time a character is introduced, Patrick has to give you a fucking play by play of their entire God damn wardrobe. I know it was written by a gay guy, but even they can't like writing about rich guy clothes that much. It's a thing that starts off as amusing and then gets gratingly tedious and then gets funny again as Patrick refuses to drop it. I listened to the audiobook, which is on YouTube in full, and often found myself tuning out whenever Patrick would start rambling about all his cool stuff, only to have to rewind it when he'd casually mention something like raping a woman with a can of hairspray in between all the horseshit. It's very funny, and the casual mentions of heinous violence amidst Patrick's yammering will often catch you off guard and reel you back into the story. I would recommend listening to the audiobook if you're a retard like me.
There's a lot more violence in the book, though much of it is clearly Patrick fantasizing or having one of his psychotic breaks, which are given more depth by the medium. A few of the crimes are more plausible though, and you get the same sense of ambiguity that was in the movie as to whether Patrick actually did the shit or not. There's more instances of Patrick fumbling social situations and generally behaving like a retard, including one encounter with Tom Cruise, which are very amusing. I think the book could've been shortened a bit as it does become a bit of a slog towards the middle.
Some faggots have said that the most chilling thing about the book is that it demonstrates how easily a Patrick Bateman type could infiltrate regular society, and could be sitting right next to you at your shit ass job. But I think this assessment is gay and stupid. If Patrick was working at a fast food restaurant or a mechanic's shop he'd likely be shit on regularly and just be a quiet faggot that murmured to himself in the corner. Or he'd be like a gymcel or something. An individual like him requires very specific circumstances to thrive within, and Wall Street during the 1980's was the perfect environment for him. Regular people would be way more unnerved by the weird shit he says and his faggoty haughty attitude than the rich queers he surrounds himself with in the book. If he had to co-exist with more actual people and do more actual people things it'd quickly become apparent something was wrong with him and he'd be ridiculed or exiled for it. Plus it's satire, so I'm retarded for even looking into it that much.
But overall I found it very enjoyable and interesting. This has been my book report. My favorite part was when he found the rat in his wall and put it up the girl's cunt.
There's a lot more violence in the book, though much of it is clearly Patrick fantasizing or having one of his psychotic breaks, which are given more depth by the medium. A few of the crimes are more plausible though, and you get the same sense of ambiguity that was in the movie as to whether Patrick actually did the shit or not. There's more instances of Patrick fumbling social situations and generally behaving like a retard, including one encounter with Tom Cruise, which are very amusing. I think the book could've been shortened a bit as it does become a bit of a slog towards the middle.
Some faggots have said that the most chilling thing about the book is that it demonstrates how easily a Patrick Bateman type could infiltrate regular society, and could be sitting right next to you at your shit ass job. But I think this assessment is gay and stupid. If Patrick was working at a fast food restaurant or a mechanic's shop he'd likely be shit on regularly and just be a quiet faggot that murmured to himself in the corner. Or he'd be like a gymcel or something. An individual like him requires very specific circumstances to thrive within, and Wall Street during the 1980's was the perfect environment for him. Regular people would be way more unnerved by the weird shit he says and his faggoty haughty attitude than the rich queers he surrounds himself with in the book. If he had to co-exist with more actual people and do more actual people things it'd quickly become apparent something was wrong with him and he'd be ridiculed or exiled for it. Plus it's satire, so I'm retarded for even looking into it that much.
But overall I found it very enjoyable and interesting. This has been my book report. My favorite part was when he found the rat in his wall and put it up the girl's cunt.
